I’M NOT A NURSE

I’M NOT A NURSE

JESSICA BAILEY

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Great Jessica Bailey
Año de edición:
2022
Materia
Biografía: general
ISBN:
9780645606904
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I am called ejechi in Ukwuani, meaning 'to leave and return'.As a child, Jessica’s natural ability to tell stories entertained her friends and frightened herwidowed mother. After being kicked out of every Nigerian home available to her, Jessica arrivesin Ghana, where she meets a nurturing man who offers her Mars Bars and an Australianmarriage. Her new world provides a life of conditional luxury - if she wants to earn her ownmoney, she must become a cleaner or a nurse. When a kind stranger encourages her to study filminstead, her husband supports her - until he loses his lucrative job and becomes violent. Jessicareturns to Nigeria, convinced that she can make the most of her Australian education there -until she remembers that as a Nigerian, she can reach her goals anywhere.I’m Not a Nurse is the memoir of a displaced storyteller who must survive homelessness,violence and racism across two continents to come into her own power as a black Africancreator.’We make things happen’ - that is the sound of Nigerian blood.

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